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Rayner responded to Young sharing an article on Greta being privileged (Image: Twitter)

The pair had worked together (Image: Twitter)

The food critic clapped back that he didn't like Young (Image: Twitter)

As a fellow writer joined in the conversation to blast Rayner, he then clapped back: "The two of you have both made a terrible mistake here.

"You've have confused me knowing you, with holding either of you in any regard whatsoever.

"And Toby, if I'd done something so terrible that you coming to my aid might help, I'd deserve to be left for dead."

Looking to get the last word Young added: "I’ve always had a certain regard for you Jay - always believed that beneath that tetchy, thin-skinned pomposity, there was a decent bloke. But Twitter brings out the worst in all of us."

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Columnist Toby Young entered a bitter war of words with Jay Rayner (Image: ITV)

However Jay later responded: "I have been called thin skinned and pompous by Toby Young. It’s a bit like being called too religious by the Pope. And there I shall leave it. These restaurants won’t review themselves."

The two were bickering over the Guido Fawkes article which Young defended posting.

He added: "To create the tweet below, I just clicked on the Twitter button beneath the article by @GuidoFawkes

"But because of the way Twitter works, everyone thinks I’m calling out the saintly Greta for being 'privileged' — me, the son of a bloody Baron! So, of course, I’m trending again."